Tracy L'Engle Angas (1892 - 1986), Papers.
Correspondence
N.B.: Whenever either the writer or recipient of a letter is unnamed, it is assumed to be TLA.
Box 2:
Folder 1: Loose-leaf notebook of copies of letters.
Primarily typed transcripts of letters received by Tracy L'Engle Angas. Some letters are signed with only a first name, making identification of the writer questionable. Many are from members of the L'Engle family, or from TLA's stepdaughters, or granddaughters. Some are from college and other friends. Some of the identified non-family writers are Katherine Lee Bates, Madge A. Bigham, Frankie McKee, actress Lucille Watson, pianist Katherine Heyman, scholar Katherine Balderston, college friend Margaret "Babbie" Babcock Meriwether, and novelist Ida A. R. Wylie. Actress Mary Morris is represented by a copy of a poem. The following original letters to Tracy Angas are also included:
TLS "H. L. Mencken"; Baltimore, 14 December [n.y.]
TLS "Gloriane"; 2 June [n.y.], 2 p.
TLS "Marion & Hamilton" Vreeland, Jr.; [n.p., n.d.].
Form letter S, "Albert Camus"; Paris, 7 May 1958. 1p. asking support for a Spanish refugee fund.
ALS "Ethel Madison"; Jacksonville [196-].
Dates of the original correspondence ranges from 1910 to 1972. The originals of some of the letters are included elsewhere in the collection. Some copies of poems, notes by Tracy L'Engle Angas, and newspaper clippings are also in the notebook.
Names in Tracy L'Engle Angas' letter notebook (in order of first appearance):
Philip L'Engle, 1905, 1967.
Francis Thompson (Copy of verse).
Madge A. Bingham, 1910.
Edie (Edith L'Engle) 1914.
Katherine Lee Bates, 1916 - 1918.
d'AlaryFechet (with biographical sketch) 1919.
"Letter to me from an invisible correspondent - Written Automatically," 1925.
S. B. Brooks, [1918 or 19].
Donald Brown, [1919].
Camille L'Engle (recipient), 1922.
H. L. Mencken, [n.y.].
Bliss Carmen (copy of poem).
Mary Whiton Calkins, 1925.
T. Drummond Shiels, 1929.
Anne Hard, 1933.
Nancy Fulwood, 1937-1938.
Burton Barrs, 1938.
Transcript of a conversation with a man named Sidney, 1938.
Edith M. Small, 1939.
Bess, 1968.
Donald B. Aldrich, [n.y.].
Paul Kruse, 1944.
C. B. Wilmer, 1939.
Mary Rosbrough, 1942.
Margaret [Douglas], 1943.
Zora Hurston, 1943.
Catherine (Mrs. Edward Hale) Bierstadt, 1944.
Ida A. R. Wylie, 1955.
Katherine Ruth Heyman, 1944 (2 letters and copy of verse).
Claire Kellog, 1944.
Madeleine L'Engle (Mrs. Hugh Franklin) 1963, 1972, 1974-1975.
Ola (Jacksonville, Fl.), 1965 (letter and poem).
Flaimine Guerrini(?), [n.y.].
William Perrin Nicolson, Jr., 1954.
Vinnie (New York), 1954.
Amy Kelly, 1954.
Joan, 1954.
Lawrence, 1954.
Edward ("Cousin"), 1954.
Lucretia Pope, 1954.
Robert Barnhart, 1955.
Gladys, (Trenton, N.J.), 1959.
[Camillus] L'Engle [Graham], 1960-1961.
Betty [Hardaker] 1964.
Fran [Mrs. Fred H. Weaver], 1963-1964
Jeanie -[n.y.].
"Babbie" [Margaret Babcock Meriwether] [n.y., 1958-60, 1965, 1967.
William Mack Angas (to M. B. Meriwether) 1958.
Nancy (Mrs. James M. Meriwether), 1968.
Mimi Simonetti, 1953.
Glorianne, [n.y.].
Lucille [Watson], 196-1962.
[no name] member of L'Engle family), 1961.
Herb and Hester (nee Fleming), 1954.
Frank, or Frankie (Mckee/Mrs. William A. Robbins) 1954, 1961-1962, 1964, 1967, 1971-1972.
Florence Campbell (birthday greeting) 1963.
John J. Morley.
Herta Wagenbichler, 1965.
Dorothy Sands, 1966, 1973.
Marion, Hamilton Vreeland, Jr., 1967.
Marguerite [n.y.].
Mary Morris (copy of poem, "Apostrophe - May 17, 1935).
Aunt Isabelle, 1964.
Daphne.
Jean (One of W. M. Angas' daughters), 1968.
Berta (Mrs. George B. Douglas), 1970.
Barbara, 1972
Katherine Balderston, 1972.
Elizabeth, 1973.
Peggy Weaver, 1973.
Traute & Charles Nessler, 1958.
Albert Camus, 1958
Ethel Madison [n.y.].
Susan Fatio L'Engle (copy of poem).
Louise L'Engle (to Philip L'Engle) 1911.
Folder 2: Professional Correspondence.
Adams, Lionel. ALS; New York, 14 April, 1934. 1 p.
Cobb, Irvin S. TLS ; New York, 18 Nov. 1932. 2 p.
Dix, William S. TLS; Princeton, N.J., 27 December 1961. 1 p., concerning fund for books established in memory of William Mack Angas. Has a note of reply.
Goheen, Robert F. TLS; Princeton, N.J., 19 July 1961. 1 p. regarding fund established in her memory of William Mack Angas.
Mitchell, Margaret. Telegram S. Margaret Mitchell Marsh to Mabel Search; Atlanta, 2 April 1937. Granting Tracy L'Engle Angas permission to read from her work.
Search, Mabel. TL (copy) to Mrs. John (Margaret Mitchell) Marsh; [New York] 21 March 1937. 1 p., asking permission for Tracy L'Engle Angas to read excerpts from [Gone with the Wind].
3 TLS to Frankie McKee; New York, 31 March 1937 - 7 April 1937. Re: permission for Tracy L'Engle Angas to give reading from Gone with the Wind.
Stuart Walker Company. TLS "Walter Vonnegut"; Louisville, KY., 4 Dec. 1922. 1p. terminating her employment with the Company because there are no parts for her.
Folder 3: Correspondence Copybook.
Typed copies of personal correspondence both to and from Tracy and some poetry stapled into a scrapbook; [v.p.] 1910 - 1937. Some letters are the same as those in the notebook above. The principal correspondent is a friend named Mary, apparently actress Mary Morris. Other correspondents include Tracy's mother, Carrie Hubbard L'Engle, "Babbie" Babcock Meriweather, a college friend from Wellesley, a friend named Kitty, perhaps Wellesley professor Katherine C. Balderston, architect Claude Bragdon, and Tracy's sister, Louise.
Folder 4: Letterbook, World War I; MAY, 1918, to MAY, 1919.
A scrapbook of wartime material, including the following: National War Work certificate of identification for TLA with photograph; May 4, 1918.
Copies of letters from TLA, May 25, 1918 - May 1919. The principal correspondent is a Mrs. Quigg, apparently a Wellesley connection. Ms., poems.
TLS "Katherine Lee Bates"; Wellesley, 9 Sept. 1918. Clippings and other memorabilia relating to her foreign service as a YMCA worker overseas in WWI.
It is unclear whether some items are copies of letters, or personal journal entries.
Folder 5: World War I Documents and Letters.
USA passport to Katherine Tracy L'Engle; 3 May 1918.
Worker's permit for TLA from the American Expeditionary Force.
Ms., menu, 28 Feb. 1919 with autograph signatures of Tracy L'Engle and others on verso.
ALS William [Barnett] to "Louise and Edith" [L'Engle, sisters of Tracy]; American Aviation Headquarters, 12 Jan. 1917. 2p.
AL (no signature) to "Dearest"; A.E.F.; 22 September 1918. 1 p. Farewell, love letter.
TLS :Walter"; Paris, 20 August [1918] 1 p. re: war work.
ALS S. B. Brooks; Villaes-le-Pautel; 27 February [1918] 2 p. re: friendship.
Fechet, D'Alary.
TLS to TLA; A.E.F., Germany, 30 January 1919. 1 p., commending her work.
ALS; Columbus, Ga., 2 Sept. 1919. 2 p.
ALS to TLA; Puderbach, Germany, 9 March 1920. 2 p.
Folder 6: World War I Letters from TLA to family, 1918.
Autograph letters to members of her family. January 19, 1918 - December 7, 1918. Some letters are addressed collectively to "Dear Family," others are personal letters to her siblings Edith, Camillus, Philip, Myra, and Louise. Letters addressed to Belle, a close childhood friend, and Madeline, a cousin, are included.
Folder 7: WWI Letters from TLA to family, 1919.
Additional letters, as above, dated January 25 - October 5, 1919.
Folders 8 - 20: personal correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, including both letters written by and to TLA.
8. Bates, Katherine Lee.
9. TLS:
Wellesley, MA.,10 March 1916. 1 p.
Dickson, Sarah F.
ALS; "Tracy L'E."; [Jacksonville, Feb. 6, 1906] 3 p. with envelope, asking her to send a book. Sarah was the name of Tracy's maid.
10. Graham, Francis Robin, Jr. [ Santa Maria, CA., Lemoore, CA., Roswell, NM., etc.] 4 October 1942 - 30 Sept. 1943. Letters from a nephew of Tracy L'Engle Angas and an aviation cadet in the USAF.
ALS to Robin Graham; St. Augustine, 19 February 1944. 12 p. and enclosure. Letter was returned unopened to Tracy L'Engle Angas stamped "missing, 3/11/44." Graham and his crew were killed in England.
11. Hardin, Jane and Phil. TLS; "Tracy" to Jane and Phil [Hardin]; [n.p.] 9 August 1976. 4 p. Recalls early family trips, made as a child. Phil Hardin was TLA's grand nephew.
12. Heyman, Katherine Ruth. ALS ; Sharon, CT., [5 Sept. 1944] 6 p. with envelope. Accompanied by a clipping of the writer's obituary from the New York Times, Sept. 29, 1944.
13. Hurston, Zora Neale:.
TLS;New York, April 1, 1937. 1 p. regarding Tracy L'Engle's use of material from Mules and Men.
TLS; New York [ca. April 1, 1937] 1 p. regarding Tracy L'Engle's reading from Mules and Men. Expects to meet her at recital.
ALS; Daytona Beach, 16 May 1943. 1 p. Expects to be in St. Augustine to see her soon.
TLS with autograph note; Daytona Beach, 24 October 1945. 2 p. Deplores W. E. B. Dubois' practice of snatching "perfectly white people into the Negro race." Laments her financial condition and refers to Franklin D. Roosevelt as the "anti-Christ."
TLS; Daytona Beach, Fl., 4 November 1945. 1 p. Has lost her "taste for coming to New York" because of unsavory conditions for which she apparently blames New Dealers and communists.
TLS; Daytona Beach, Fl., 27 November 1945. 1 p. Would like to visit her, but does not like New York. Thanks her for offer of help and invites her on trip to Central America.
TLS; Daytona Beach, Fl., 11 December 1945. 2 p. Regards possible writing for reference books and a cookbook. Expresses her view of contemporary drama dealing with "race and social strife."
TLS; Daytona Beach, Fl., Daytona Beach, Fl., 19 February 1946. 1 p. Recounts trip on a shrimp boat. Gives thanks for help, apparently financial.
TLS; [Daytona Beach? 1946?] 1 p. Concerns an article for the Times Sunday Magazine, and a proposed play for Ethel Waters. Would like to see white actors play the Negro parts in any play or movie made from her new book. Attacks Walter White and NAACP for "forbidding" Negro actors "from accepting a servant role in the movies."
14. L'Engle, Camillus.
ALS to "Mother," [Carrie Hubbard L'Engle]; [Atlanta] 3 December 1903. 4 p. with envelope with annotation, probably by TLA.
ALS; "Tracy" to "Dear Camille"; S.S. Olympic, 18 June 1924. 4 p. with envelope. Written on voyage to Europe, giving details of trip.
15. L'Engle, Carrie Hubbard.
ALS; Tracy to "Dear Mamma"; [Jacksonville, 4 January 1909. 2 p. with envelope.
>ALS; "Tracy" to "Dear Mamma," [Wellesley, March 1914] Concerns fire and other events at Wellesley College. A serious fire occurred at the College on March 17, 1914. Apparently Tracy was one the first to respond and sounded the alarm.
16. [L'Engle, Dallie?]. ALS; "Dallie" to TLA; Mobile, 17 July 1906. 3 p.
17. L'Engle, Edith (Mrs. Francis Robin Graham).
ALS; "Tracy" to "Dear Edie"; "Agony Scott Asylum," Decatur, GA., [5 March 1907] 2 p. with envelope.
ALS; "Tracy: to "Dear Edie"; [Decatur, GA.] 15 March 1907. 2 p. with envelope.
TLS; "Tracy" to "Sister Mamie" [Mrs. F. Robin Graham] Tucson, AZ., 1 March 1920. 3 p. with envelope.
Family news. Also says that [actress] Mary Morris "is with me now." They are reading James Branch Cabell's Jurgen, which had been suppressed in New York.
Invitation to Wellesley College commencement, 1915, to Mrs. F. Robin Graham.
18. L'Engle, Madeline*.
ALS to TLA; CT., 16 August 1971. 2 p. with envelope. Concerns the death of the writer's mother.
8 TLS; New York and Goshen, 9 November 1972 - 1 July 1977.
5 printed Christmas greetings from the Hugh Franklin family.
Form letter, publisher's announcement, and newspaper copy. *The writer Madeleine L'Engle (Mrs. Hugh Franklin) is the cousin of TLA and a noted author.
19. L'Engle, Philip*.
ALS to Carrie Hubbard L'Engle; Lexington, VA., 11 November 1908. 2 p.
ALS; Lexington, VA., 17 November 1908. 2 p. with envelope. *Tracy's brother, who apparently was a student at Washington and Lee University at the time of these letters.
20. Wylie, Ida A. R. ALS; Stillman, NJ.; 6 October, 1955. The novelist thanks TLA for sending extracts from Donald C. Peattie's Almanac for Moderns.
Folder 21: Listener letters to LTA. Autograph letters and typed copies, mostly written in response to 1931 broadcasts on animals.
Folder 22: Angas, Tracy L'Engle.
ALS to "Dear [name illegible]; [n.p., n.d.] 2 p.
ALS to "Dear Bee"; [Ponte Vedra, Fl.? 193-?] 3 p. regarding idea for a character based on her maid, Sarah.
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